Science Understanding- Chemical sciences- SCIENCE F-6
YEAR
LEVEL
ELEMENT
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ELABORATION
GENERAL
CAPABILITIES
CROSSCURRICULA
PRIORITIES
Sustainability
0F
Objects are made of materials that
have observable properties
(ACSSU003)
 sorting and grouping materials on the basis of observable properties
such as colour, texture and flexibility
 thinking about how the materials used in buildings and shelters are
suited to the local environment
 investigating different forms of clothing used for different activities
 comparing the traditional materials used for clothing from around the
world
1
Everyday materials can be
physically changed in a variety of
ways (ACSSU018)
2
Different materials can be combined,
including by mixing, for a particular
purpose (ACSSU031)
3
A change of state between solid and
liquid can be caused by adding or
removing heat (ACSSU046)
4
Natural and processed materials
have a range of physical properties;
These properties can influence their
use (ACSSU074)
5
Solids, liquids and gases have
different observable properties and
behave in different ways
(ACSSU077)
6
Changes to materials can be
reversible, such as melting, freezing,
evaporating; or irreversible, such as
burning and rusting (ACSSU095)
Critical and creative
 predicting and comparing how the shapes of objects made from
different materials can be physically changed through actions such as thinking , Literacy
bending, stretching and twisting
 exploring how materials such as water, chocolate or play dough
change when warmed or cooled
Critical and creative Sustainability
 exploring the local environment to observe a variety of materials,
thinking
and describing ways in which materials are used
 investigating the effects of mixing materials together
 suggesting why different parts of everyday objects such as toys and
clothes are made from different materials
 identifying materials such as paper that can be changed and remade
or recycled into new products
Critical and creative Sustainability
 investigating how liquids and solids respond to changes in
temperature, for example water changing to ice, or melting chocolate thinking
 exploring how changes from solid to liquid and liquid to solid can
help us recycle materials
 predicting the effect of heat on different materials
Sustainability
 describing a range of common materials, such as metals or plastics,
and their uses
 investigating a particular property across a range of materials
 selecting materials for uses based on their properties
 considering how the properties of materials affect the management
of waste or can lead to pollution
 comparing solids and liquids by investigating differences, such as the Critical and creative
thinking
ability to flow or maintain shape and volume
 observing that gases have mass and take up space demonstrated by
using balloons or bubbles
 exploring the way solids, liquids and gases change under different
situations such as heating and cooling
 recognising that some materials such as foam are composite materials
and cannot be easily classified as solids, liquids or gases on the basis
of their observable properties
 recognising that substances exist in different states depending on the
temperature
Critical and creative Sustainability
 describing what happens when materials are mixed
thinking
 investigating the solubility of common materials in water
 investigating the change in state caused by heating and cooling of a
familiar substance
 investigating irreversible changes such as rusting, burning and cooking
 exploring how reversible changes can be used to recycle materials